February 04, 2014
Africa: AfDB Supports Sierra Leone's Resource Mobilization for Green Growth
As part of its ongoing support to the Government of Sierra Leone in its quest for green economic growth, the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department of the African… Read more »
January 30, 2014
Cote d'Ivoire: President Donald Kaberuka Affirms the AfDB's Confidence in Ivory Coast
African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President Donald Kaberuka spoke at the Opening Ceremony of the 4th "Invest in Côte d'Ivoire Forum" in Abidjan on January 29 in the… Read more »
January 15, 2014
Nigeria: A time for a Step Change Financing Development - AfDB President Kaberuka
Event: The Daily Trust African of the Year 2013 Award - Abuja, Nigeria Read more »
January 16, 2014
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB - President's Office and Board of Directors to Be in Abidjan By End of June 2014
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Donald Kaberuka, was in Abidjan from January 10 to 14, at the invitation of the Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara. The… Read more »
Africa: President Donald Kaberuka Is 2013 'African of the Year'
In November 2013, Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group, was named the recipient of the 2013 Daily Trust African of the Year award. Read more »
December 20, 2013
Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso Admitted Into Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
Burkina Faso, benefitting from the close support of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, has successfully become a member of the Forest Carbon Partnership… Read more »
December 18, 2013
Nigeria: ADF Partial Risk Guarantee Program to Stimulate Private Investment in the Nigerian Power Sector
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved an African Development Fund (ADF) Partial Risk Guarantee (PRG) program of US $184.2 million*, and an… Read more »
December 11, 2013
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB Rehabilitates Séguéla Hospital in Côte d'Ivoire to Benefit of Some 500,000 Persons
In Séguéla, Côte d'Ivoire, on December 8, 2013, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group officially handed over the Worodougou Regional Health Care Centre to… Read more »
December 13, 2013
Africa: Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative Meets in Abuja
The first Rural Water and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI) Coordination Committee took place in in Abuja, Nigeria on 5 December 2013. The meeting aimed to facilitate coordination at… Read more »
December 11, 2013
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB to Provide $28.92 Million to Boost Youth Employment and Training in Côte d'Ivoire
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a loan agreement for US $21.34 million, together with a grant agreement protocol for the sum of $7.56 million. Both agreements relate… Read more »
December 05, 2013
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB Board approves $28.92 million in support to Côte d'Ivoire Youth Employability and Insertion Support Programme
On Wednesday, December 4, the Board of the African Development Bank Group approved US $28.92-million in budget support composed of a loan of UA 13.91 million and a grant of UA 4.93… Read more »
December 04, 2013
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB Board Approves Combined 2013-2017 Country Strategy Paper and 2013 Portfolio Review for Côte d'Ivoire
The Board of the African Development Bank Group on Wednesday, December 4 approved the combined Country Strategy Paper (CSP) and 2013 Portfolio Review for Côte d'Ivoire. Read more »
Mali: AfDB Board Approves U.S.$55.27 Million for Project to Improve Food Security in Mali
On Tuesday, December 3, the African Development Bank Group's Board of Directors approved US $55.27 million for the Food Security Consolidation through Development of Irrigation… Read more »
November 26, 2013
Guinea: AfDB to Accompany Guinea Towards Emergence
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) participated in a two-day conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from November 24th to November 25th 2013, to assist the Republic… Read more »
November 19, 2013
Liberia: AfDB Innovative Project Unleashes Rice Farmers' Potential in Liberia
Rice production per hectare has tripled for farmers in South East Liberia, with yields up to 3 tons per hectare for now, as compared with the traditional long-duration… Read more »
November 18, 2013
Liberia: Innovative Project Improving Food Value Chain to be Launched in Monrovia
An innovative project aimed at reducing rural poverty and household food insecurity will be launched on November 19 in Monrovia. The Smallholder Agricultural Productivity… Read more »
November 13, 2013
Africa: Burkina Faso Receives $11.5 Million to Increase Forest Carbon Sequestration and Reduce Rural Poverty
With African Development Bank (AfDB) support, Burkina Faso has received an $11.5 million grant from the Climate Investment Funds' (CIF) Forest Investment Program (FIP) to undertake… Read more »
November 05, 2013
West Africa: The Sahel - Towards a Region of Stability, Prosperity and Growth - Afdb President Donald Kaberuka
Event: Regional Ministerial Meeting on the Sahel Read more »
November 12, 2013
Liberia: Liberia Set to Transform Its Renewables Sector With $50 Million Climate Fund Endorsement
With African Development Bank (AfDB) backing, Liberia has garnered support for a far-reaching renewable energy investment plan with $50 million from the Climate Investment Funds… Read more »
November 11, 2013
Liberia: Program to Support Trade Institutions Launched in Liberia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Liberia, represented by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), on November 5, 2013 in Monrovia, launched the… Read more »
November 08, 2013
West Africa: Kaberuka Promises the AfDB Will Pursue Consolidation of Development Achievements in the Sahel
Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), completed on Thursday, November 7, in N'Djamena, Chad, the last leg of a tour that took him to four countries in… Read more »
November 05, 2013
West Africa: The AfDB to Grant $4 Billion to the Sahel for Stability and Economic Growth
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will grant $4 billion to the Sahel to make it a region of stability of economic growth. Read more »
November 06, 2013
Togo: Togolese Delegations in Rwanda to Discuss Teaching and Microfinance
With the assistance of the African Development Bank (AfDB), a high-level 13-person delegation from Togo visited Kigali, from October 20-27, 2013. Read more »
Nigeria: Interview With Patrick Agboma, On Phase One of Nigeria's Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program
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West Africa: "The Complex Nature of the Crisis in the Sahel Calls for Coordinated Action," States President Kaberuka
At a press conference on November 5, 2013 in Bamako, Mali, during his tour to the Sahel, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, said the joint… Read more »
